Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.

    Abrüstung

    разоруже́ниеrazoružénije

    роззбро́єнняrozzbrójennja

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of disarming an opponent in a fight.

More definitions
  • act of reducing or depriving of arms

Examples

15 sentences
  1. The superpowers made significant progress in disarmament.

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  2. Do you believe in universal disarmament?

    deGlaubst du an eine allgemeine Abrüstung?

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  3. Numerous countries have signed a nuclear disarmament agreement.

    deZahlreiche Länder haben ein Übereinkommen zur nuklearen Abrüstung unterzeichnet.

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  4. A radical disarmament treaty prohibits all armaments and armed forces.

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  5. The countries agreed to a disarmament treaty and subsequently withdrew their troops.

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Translations

9 languages
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the reduction of military forces and armaments:
Русский
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the reduction of military forces and armaments:
Deutsch
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the reduction of military forces and armaments:

Origin

From disarm + -ment, modeled after armament. By surface analysis, dis + armament.

From disarm + -ment, modeled after armament. By surface analysis, dis + armament.

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Forms

plural: disarmaments
Singulardisarmament
Pluraldisarmaments

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • act of reducing or depriving of arms:disarming

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

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